Napoleon's Glance: The Secret of Strategy

In Napoleon's Glance William Duggan discovers the secret of Napoleon's success — coup d'oeil (pronounced koo-DOY) meaning a stroke of the eye, or "glance": a sudden insight that shows you what course of action to take. It comes from knowledge of the past: You draw on what worked in other situations, in a new combination that fits the problem at hand. Napoleon's Glance — probably the first book to link Napoleon's victories to Picasso's development as an artist! — tells how 10 great strategis...